Installation of rcom, statconnDCOM and RBloomberg
Hi folks,
Win7 64bit
R version 2.11.1 (2010-05-31)
Perform following steps to install rcom, statconnDCOM and RBloomberg
1) rcom installation
login Win7 as administrator and start R
> install.packages("rcom")
--- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
also installing the dependency ?rscproxy?
trying URL
'http://ftp.ctex.org/mirrors/CRAN/bin/windows64/contrib/2.11/rscproxy_1.3-1.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 39922 bytes (38 Kb)
opened URL
downloaded 38 Kb
trying URL
'http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows64/contrib/2.11/rcom_2.2-3.1.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 251974 bytes (246 Kb)
opened URL
downloaded 246 Kb
package 'rscproxy' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
package 'rcom' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
> ?rcom
No documentation for 'rcom' in specified packages and libraries:
you could try '??rcom'
> ??rcom
Starts a new window:-
Help files with alias or concept or title matching ?rcom? using regular
expression matching:
....
....
2) statconnDCOM installation
> installstatconnDCOM()
trying URL
'http://rcom.univie.ac.at/download/current/statconnDCOM.latest.exe'
Content type 'application/octet-stream' length 7153056 bytes (6.8 Mb)
opened URL
downloaded 6.8 Mb
Setup - statconnDCOM
Select Components
Local Server Files
[check] Simple Server Test Files
Remote Server Files
Development Files
statconnDCOM Example Files
statconn\DCOM
Ready to Install
Destination location:
C:\Program Files (x86)\statconn\DCOM
Setup type:
Custom Installation
Selected components:
Simple Server Test Files
Start Menu folder:
statconn\DCOM
Unable to execute file:
C:\Program File (x86)\statconn\DCOM\bin\StatConnectorSrv.exe
CreateProcess failed; code 2.
The system cannot find the file specified.
-> OK
Finally starting:-
R: statconnDCOM - WindowsInternet Explorer
C:\Program Files (x86)\statconn\DCOM\doc\00Index.html
Index for statconnDCOM
Please advise how to fix the above problem. TIA
3) Bloomberg installation
> install.packages("RBloomberg",
repos="http://R-Forge.R-project.org")
Warning: unable to access index for repository
http://R-Forge.R-project.org/bin/windows64/contrib/2.11
Warning message:
In getDependencies(pkgs, dependencies, available, lib) :
package ?RBloomberg? is not available
The package is not available. Which repo shall I use? Thanks
B.R.
Stephen L
